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Denver Nuggets – JaVale McGee is Great at Dunking
The problem with a lot of big men in the NBA today is the lack of offensive skills. JaVale McGee is yet another player who falls right into that stereotype, with his athleticism allowing him to be an excellent defender and shot blocker; fantastic at dunking the ball, as he proved in two consecutive plays as the Denver Nuggets lost to the Phoenix Suns.
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Denver Nuggets – Andre Iguodala Finally Winning
It’s hard to put a finger on who really made the difference for the Denver Nuggets as they won their first game of the season. Maybe it was the fact that they finally got to play in front of their home crowd, in their new Canaries-yellow jerseys. Maybe it was just Andre Iguodala finally doing what he was brought over for – Defense, an unknown word and discipline recently for the Nuggets.
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7 Most Entertaining NBA Teams to Watch Next Season
Predicting the NBA champion next season is probably picking between three, maybe four teams – The Miami Heat with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade; The Oklahoma City Thunder, with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; The Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol, and maybe even the San Antonio Spurs deserve a mention. But the most exciting team? Most worthwhile to watch teams? The Denver Nuggets, The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Clippers are also in the mix.
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Kobe Bryant Keeps Getting Better, Lakers Keep Getting Worse
Kobe Bryant didn’t have a Michael Jordan kind of night, as much as he would love to. He didn’t have the support Jordan had, that night against the Utah Jazz. Bryant seemed just as sick and ill, pumped up with IVs, but he alone was no match to the striding Denver Nuggets and Ty Laswon, who tied the series at 3-3, giving us a game 7.
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Nuggets Over Lakers – JaVale McGee Makes All the Difference
JaVale McGee didn’t get the start, but he got to play for 28 minutes, making the most of them, finishing with the impressive stat line of 16 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks, helping the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 99-84 and get back into the series, making it 1-2 Lakers.
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Durant, Ibaka and Thunder Combine For Historic Night
Kevin Durant scored 51 points, combining with Russell Westbrook for 91, being the first duo to both score over 40 since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1996, while Serge Ibaka had a points-rebounds-blocks triple double, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a thrilling 124-118 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets.
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Nuggets Got the Best of the Trade Deal With Clueless Knicks
Depth isn’t a problem for the Denver Nuggets, but they player their double overtime game against the New York Knicks with only 7 players. According to the usual trend, someone had to have a huge night against the Knicks at the Garden, this time being Danilo Gallinari, scoring a career high 37 points in the 119-114 win.
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Andrew Bynum Means That Much to the Lakers
Andrew Bynum came back from suspension like a new man, leading the Los Angeles Lakers (3-2) to a 92-89 win over the Denver Nuggets (2-2) with an impressive 29 points, 13 rebounds night, as Kobe Bryant was struggling with an injured wrist.
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Nuggets Next in Line to Humiliate NBA Champions
The Dallas Mavericks don’t look anything like NBA champions right now, with more than a few problems on both offense and defense, with newcomers Lamar Odom and Vince Carter and handling fast teams like the Denver Nuggets.
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The Amazing J.R. Smith and his QB Like Full Court Shot
J.R. Smith hitting a full court shot in a quarterback kind of style during his pre-game warm up.